THE NEXT LEVEL OF THE GALLAUDET ADVANTAGE.
THE HONORS PROGRAM
The Summit of Undergraduate Education.
University Honors provides you with the unique opportunity to develop your skills and prepare to excel after graduation. In addition to advanced coursework, you will complete a capstone that showcases your knowledge or understanding of a complex issue in some way. Once you’ve completed the capstone, you may submit your work for professional publication or develop your project further after graduation. This project prepares students for graduate and professional-level critical thinking and analytical writing. Completion of upper-level coursework and the capstone are requirements for students who seek to graduate with University Honors. Gallaudet’s Honors Program develops wellrounded leaders in and out of the classroom. Combine your passion for learning with rigorous preparation, and you’ll be ready for a toptier graduate program or successful career.
Aim High—Aim Honors. Candidates for the Honors Program are driven to succeed academically and professionally and have a history of academic accomplishment. The program is ideal for students who want to maximize their competitiveness for top-tier graduate programs and successful employment. Alumni from the Honors Program have gone on to graduate study at some of the country’s top educational institutions, including Columbia University, Georgetown University, The George Washington University, University of California at San Diego, and Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.
THE HONORS PROGRAM HELPED ME DISCOVER MY ACADEMIC AB ON MY JOURNEY TO REACH MY FULL POTENTIAL. I’VE GROWN INT WITH MY HONORS CLASSMATES AND FACULTY.
Tomorrow’s Leaders Today As an Honors Program participant, you will follow in the footsteps of some of the University’s most respected leaders. On campus, Honors participants represent a diverse group of student leaders who succeed in a range of extracurricular activities such as editor-in-chief of the Buff and Blue, Student Body Government president and student-athletes. Honors leadership doesn’t end with graduation. Honors students have the skills to enter and advance within their chosen professions.
The Honors Academic Edge Challenge
Recognition
Receive a rigorous academic challenge that is unparalleled in the University’s undergraduate courses.
Students who graduate with University Honors receive special recognition during commencement. You’ll have a designation on your diploma and in the commencement booklet. You will also receive a royal blue gown at graduation, participate in a special Honors commencement event with your family, and receive a plaque recognizing your academic achievement.
Community Connect with like-minded peers. These relationships will give you opportunities to succeed academically and socially.
Scholarships Preparation First- and second-year Honors courses prepare you for success in upper-level major courses. Upper-level Honors courses prepare you for graduate school and professional pursuits.
Students who are accepted to the Honors Program are eligible for enhanced merit-based scholarships.
BILITY WHEN I ENROLLED IN GALLAUDET, AND HAS BEEN A WONDERFU TELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY THROUGH STIMULATIN
Brienna Herold, ’14
Corinna Hill, ’14
Capstone Project: The Mystery of FUT2: A Population Genetics Analysis of the Secretor Gene Determining Its Involvement in the Immune System
Capstone Project: The Social Integration of Civil War Veterans with Hearing Loss: The Roles of Government and Media
By analyzing 1,000 Genome Project DNA sequences for evidence of natural selection, this study inferred the immunological involvement of FUT2 in individuals of European and Asian ancestry.
This project examined how the government and media played roles in shaping the experiences of veterans who became deaf. Complicating the situation, limited medical tests made deafness difficult to prove.
Spring Valley, Wisconsin Post-baccalaureate Fellow National Cancer Institute at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland
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Boonsboro, Maryland Administrative Assistant Aligned Clinical and Educational Services in Charlottesville, Virginia
— Kevin Peacock Saint Paul, Minnesota Current Student Accounting Major
Join the Honors Program Candidates for the Honors Program must first be admitted to Gallaudet University. Once you receive your letter of admission, contact the Honors coordinator at honors@gallaudet.edu by April 15 to schedule an interview to be considered for admission to Honors.
For Those Accepted to the Honors Program Over the summer, you and other new Honors students will read books selected by Honors faculty. New Honors students and some upperclass Honors students will discuss these readings at an Honors Retreat that occurs prior to New Student Orientation. This annual event involves Honors students, faculty and staff in lectures, discussions and team-building exercises. The retreat is a formative experience for incoming Honors students, and is critical to the continuing development of the Honors community.
Scholarships To emphasize how much we value high-achieving students like you, Gallaudet awards one of our top two merit scholarships to students accepted into the Honors Program: • President’s Distinguished Honors Scholarship • President’s Honors Scholarship You must complete the Gallaudet University undergraduate application form and submit all required materials by February 15 to be considered for one of these top merit scholarships.
For more information about the Honors Program, visit www.gallaudet.edu/honors-program.
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